Combined mop and scraper



Deve. 14 1926.

E. D. BURGEE COMBINED MOP AND SCRAPER Filed July 29, 1925 inkomen;

Fatented Dec. 14, 1926.

iran s'rATEs ELIZABETH D. BURGEE, GF NORTH BEACH, MARYLAND.

COMBINED MOP AND SCRAPER.

Application led July 29, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in cleaning and washing devices or implements generally, and hasV for its principal object to provide for a combinedmop and scraper device or implement for use in household or kitchen cleaning and washing operations.

Another object of the invention is to. provide for a device or implement of the class mentioned, and one wherein the scraper part of the same is normally positioned free from any and all interference with the mop head during the use of the latter in the usual washing operations therewith, while, when abnormally positioned, the scraper part orY blade is available for desired scraping operations simultaneously with the continued cleaning or washing operation of the mop head. v

A further object of the invention is to provide for a device or implement of the character set forth, and one of a comparatively simple and inexpensive construction and arrangement of parts, such as will be highly eflicient in operation, and capable of being manipulated with a facility equal to that of the ordinary forms of household or kitchen mops now in use,

lV ith the foregoing and other equally important objects in view, the invention'resides in the certain new and useful constructions and arrangements of parts as will behereinafter more fully described, set forth in the appended claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a verticale sectional view of a preferred embodiment` of the invention,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view of the handle portion of a slightly modified form thereof,

Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 1, but showing another slightly modified form of the same, l

Figure si. is a fragmentary elevation of the handle portion of the latter form of the invention, and,

1Figure 5 is a bottom plan view of the mop handle of either one of the'several forms of the said inventions.

Referring to the drawings, and more particularly to Figure 1 thereof, the numeral 10 indicates a conventional form of mop handle having an ordinary form of mop head 11 attached to its lower cylindrical'end 12 in any suitable or usual manner. EX- tcnding longitudinally through the handle Serial No. 416,820.

tion 13, the upper portion 13 being in effect 50 a counter-bore with respect to the bore portion 13, and extending inwardly of the Y upper end of the handle Mounted for sliding movements in the alignedl bores 13 and 13 is a push rod 141 having a scraper member or blade 15 attached or otherwise secured to its lower end, and its upper end formed to provide an operating yknob 16. Seated within 'the upper Vbore 13 is a coiled springv 1'? which sinroundsv the plush rod 1-1 and has its upper end abutting a collar 13 to tension the saine against a pin 19 passed through the push rod substantially as shown. rlhe upper end of the larger bore 13 is closed by a plug 20, which 'fastened in position by means of the nails 9.1, or similar fastenings. rlhis plug 2O has bore 13, of a diameter corresponding to that of the lower bore 13 in the handle, through which the push rod 141 operates.

In this form of the device, and'in the normal position of the push rod lll, the. spring 17 is expanded and forces the pin 19 upward into abutting relation against the inner end ofthe plug 20, so that the push 8 rodV 14 Vis maintained in raised position` when the scraper bladel is held in abutting relation against the lower side of the cylin-v drical portion 12 of mop handle 10. Thus, the scraper blade 15 is held free from interference with the mop head 11 during its use. for washing operations. 1iWhen it is desired to bring the scraper blade 15 into play, the. push rod lll is depressed against the tension of the coiled spring` 1'1", by eferting the pressure of the hand on the knob'13, with the result that the scraping blade 15 will be disposed in properposition with respect to the free end of the mop head 11 to be e'dective for desired scraping operations. TWhen the scraping operation is completed, the scraper blade 15 will be retracted to vits inoperative position by relieving` the pressure of the hand on the knob 1G of the push rod when the spring 17 will expand in an upward direction to raise the latter until the pin 19 again abnts the inner or lower end of the plug 20. i y

In Figure V2, I have shown a means for maintaining the push rod 14 in its depressed or lowered posit-ion during continued use of the scraper blade 15, so as to relieve the i' the latter is moved to its lower position for the effective use of the scraper blade. The detent 22 is mounted in a tubular sleeve 24 which is fitted into aligned bores formed in the handle 10 and the plug 20, substantially as shown. A coiled spring 25 is housed within the sleeve 24C and is interposed between the outer closed end of the latter and an enlargement 26 formed adjacent the inner end of the detent 22, in a manner to lrension the detent at all times for instant engagement with the recess 23, whenever the push rod 14 is fully depressed. An operating knob 27 is provided at the outer end of the detent 22 to facilitate its withdrawal from engaged position and against the tension of the spring 25.

In Figure 3, the push rod 1i is made considerably shorter than in the lirst instance of the invention, and, in its normally raised or inoperative position has its upper end disposed in abutting relation to the inner or lower end of a solid plug 20 fitted into the upper end of the enlarged bore 13, while the scraper blade 15, at the lower end of the push rod lll, seats in a slotted recess 12 formed for its reception in the lower face of the cylindrical portion 12 of the handle 10, with its working edge iiush in the plane of the said lower face. The push rod 14 is held normally retracted by means of the coiled spring 17, substantially as shown, while the same is te be manipulated to operative position, against the tension o1 the spring 17, by means of a linger piee, 28 which is secured in any suitable manner to the extreme upper end of the rod 14 and projected therefrom at right angles outwardly of a sletway 29 extending longitudinally of the intermediate portion of the handle 10. Formed at the inner or lower end of the slotway 29 is an oillset slotway or angular recess 29 to be engaged by the finger piece 28, when the push rod 111 is depressed to the operative position ot the scraper blade 15', and the same is given a slight turn in the proper direction for the purpose. Thus, the scraper blade 15 will be maintained in its operative position, Without eliort on the Dart of the operator,

and until it is again desired to use the mop only, when, by turning the push rod 141-. in the reverse direction, the linger piece 2S will enter the slotway 29 and will then bc forced upwardly thereof by the action oi" the spring 17, with the result that the parts will be returned to normally inoperative position, i. e., the push rod 111 in its fully raised position and the scraper blade 15 seated in the slotted recess 12. The slot* way 29 is preferablyr et a length corresponding to the desired movement of the push rofl 141- and the distance ot projection oi tlul scraper blade outwardly troni toe lower end ot' the handle 10.

rlhis scraper attachment i'or mops will be found to have man;v uses in general house` hold work, particularly in the cleaning oi" Vfloors, as in the loosening` up of hardened accumulations oit dirt, especially in corners of a room, and in the cleaning o' cooking utensils and the like where the washing operation is to be tacilitated by' the loosening' up of hardened accumulations of food-studs, grease, etc.

, tu Ll From the foregoing, it will be readily apparent that, while preferred embodiments of the devices or implements have been di scribed and illustrated herein in specilic terms and details ot construction, arrangement and operation, such changes in and modifications of the same maj,v Le resorted to as do not depart from the spirit of the invention, and the scope ot the claims appeiuled hereto.

Having thus fully described the ii'ivcntion what is claimed, is:-

1. In an implement of the class described a handle, a mop head at one end of said handle, a movable scraper blade in said mop head provided with means for constantly,v urging the same to inoperative position, and positive operating means movable in said handle to :torce the scraper blade to operative position.

2. ln an implement o'l the class describ a handle, a mop head at one end oi said handle.I a movable scraper blade in said mop head, means to constantly urge the scraper blade to inoperative position, positive operating means for the scraper blade slidal'il .Y mounted in the handle and projecting therefrom, and means to detachably lock the last noted means to hold the scraper blade sta tionary when the saine is forced to operative position.

1n testimony whereof l ai'iix my signature.

ELIZABETH l). BURGER.

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